IN THESE BABYLONIAN TIMES
IN THESE BABYLONIAN TIMES PS
(A Palming Allegorical Rendering)
With elephant ears,
And the keenness of giraffes,
Let’s become as owls:
Divine wisdom and guidance,
Eagle-winging us justice:-
In our life’s nature,
Trials and tribulations come:
So does conquering:-
In Babylonian times,
Seek your new Jerusalms:-
Jesus rode an ass,
We now have one riding us:
Time to buck him off:-
Leaving no palms to catch him,
Let’s burn away
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Categories:
hope wisdom, allegory,
Form: Tanka
Categories:
hope wisdom, confidence, conflict, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Monoku
Second Chances
Second chances might not be
Quite what you expect
When you hope to try again
At the exact same circumstance
Mistakes are made each day
By each and everyone
And maybe everyone gets to try again
Just not the way they think
They think they'll get a chance
To right the wrongs they made
To love her right the second time
When the first
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Categories:
hope wisdom, future, hope, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Rainbow Feelings Allure Me To Fly Free
Inspired by Glenn Hughes song "The truth will set me free"
Gone are the ruins of the palace I've built
with sands of my dormant dreams,
at the bleak bottom of the breaking waves,
rolling in the squally sea of gripping sorrow.
I emerge dazed out of the depression debris,
tread the plateau of pensive life turned fallow.
I weave aspirations with
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Categories:
hope wisdom, analogy, hope, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Dirty Hands
Your dirty hands upon me.
I tremble at the thought.
Begging let my spirit free.
The mad militia I have fought.
Love still binds my heart to you,
despite the freely dripping blood.
Your presence on a raging coup,
leaching my shell changing blue.
Ripping the loaded gun so cold
from your hot and beating hand.
You
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Categories:
hope wisdom, betrayal, blessing, endurance, growth,
Form: Sonnet
Hope To Rise Again
Hope to rise again
Rise up, ye who are tired.
Out of the pit of despair,
Use hope as a compass.
You should pray for courage.
Observe the horizon,
Do not give up,
Because hope will give you courage,
Your cup will be filled with bravery.
Never fear, and have courage.
Because hope never dies,
You'll be glad you did,
and assist you in ascending.
So, my
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Categories:
hope wisdom, confidence, deep, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Thinking Thoughts
Thoughts, we have so many things to think about
One that is positive still will always create doubt
Thoughts, always differ in the minds of men
They seem to make more enemies than they do friends
Thoughts are idealistic with their own point of view
Many of them are false yet many more are true
Thoughts can be an Invasion that
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Categories:
hope wisdom, deep, encouraging, hope, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
The Light In the Darkness
The Light in the Darkness
A crown of shadows sits upon my head.
I wear the Abyss on my wrist,
and my necklace is home to the dead.
Crowned in my youth by the shades themselves.
No time nor space in this place where I bled.
I've seen the belly of the beast,
and I've looked out of hell's mouths,
where there
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Categories:
hope wisdom, absence, abuse, blessing, christian,
Form: Free verse
Inventions
Edison is the father of inventions
Bringing light and hope to this world
And the Wright Brothers too
Bringing closer the corners of the world to you
Nowadays thousands of inventions have accumulated
And we even didn't know the inventors
We accept and enjoy their hardwork
Their wisdom and contributions
Unfortunately many are misused
Making the world harder, more sick and
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Categories:
hope wisdom, betrayal, god, hope, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Paying Forward
Hope is not a strategy,
wisdom not an end
Moment to moment we live the truth
—borrowing to lend
(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)
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Categories:
hope wisdom, hope, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
The Sailor Will Go Home
Make mind a sea
You will be free.
When in tempest waves reach great highs
Recall everything has an end
Decree the Almighty will send
The toil is His test in disguise.
Recall everything has an end
After dark night the sun will rise
Wave-crest sparkle will touch your eyes
Decree the Almighty will send.
Make mind a sea
Recall everything has an end
The blessed sailor
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Categories:
hope wisdom, analogy, devotion, hope, wisdom,
Form: Ballad
Slumberville
Worlds of wonderment
all Life hangs in states surprise
cashmere parallels
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Categories:
hope wisdom, adventure, deep, freedom, hope,
Form: Haiku
The Glaring Truth
Hate and intolerance, wicked evils of the world.
Prejudices, biases, and bigotry
ran high and rampant -
in times of unrest and hardship.
Why are some so thoughtless?
I realize that hate is not something
that is natural to us.
From the early beginning of life,
that spontaneously sprung into existence.
Like a blade of grass appearing unbeknownst
in a silent crack on the sidewalk.
Back
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Categories:
hope wisdom, black african american, community,
Form: Free verse
The Outcome
purple tulips, the color of her toddler dress.
the leafy stems, her eyes.
the baby-blond hair, mom combs into a crest,
the sea will satisfy.
blond slowly turns brunette, tumbles
from Rapunzel’s tower, then gets shorn.
green waters, a dry oasis —
cerulean blue boundary.
open sesame with artificial drops.
wrinkle-protected eyes.
ears can’t hear what others say.
deaf and blindness make her appear wise.
guttural sounds
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Categories:
hope wisdom, age, hope, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Stoicism
Why busy yourself with trivial matters
Or waste your thoughts on climbing social ladders
Fitting in line and always doing what you’re told
Then forced to feel that regret when you’re wrinkly and old
My path is different, not paved, yet seldom walked
It requires great effort to be seen and unlocked
The way of the stoic, many have heard
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Categories:
hope wisdom, hope, wisdom, work,
Form: Rhyme
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